Window-shade support



Patented Feb.. 16, 1926.

oscAn c. simmons,

PATENT FFICE.

or DALLAS, TEXAS.

WINDOV-SHADE SUPPORT.

Application filed April 2, 1925.

To vall eli/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR C. SIMMONS, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful lNindow-Shade Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide novel vmeans whereby a window shade or the like may be shifted bodily, in a vertical direction, so that it may be used in connection with the upper sash of a window or with the lower sash of the window at the will of an operator.

Figure 1 shows in elevation, a window casing whereunto the device forming 'the subject matter oi this application has been ttached; Figure 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a section on the line 3e-3 of Figure 1; Figure d is an end elevation of the movable carrier frame. rilhe numeral 1 marks a window casingl ymade up of stiles 2, a lintel 3 and a sill 4. 1n carrying out the invention, there is provided a movable carrier frame 5 including side members G connected near to their lower ends by a cross rod 7 and connected near to their upper ends by a cross rod 8. r-i't their upper ends, the side members (3 oi the traine 5 are cut away to form shoulders 9 and :to form reduced extensions 11) at 'the upper ends of the members 6. Brackets 1 1 are provided and. are made in any desired way, depending upon what kind oi." a 'protection is to be used. Assuming that an ordinary spring-actuated shade 12 is einployed, the brackets are constructed accord ingly. Each bracket comprises a base 1d, an outer flange 15 and an inner flange 16, the flanges 15 being adapted, as shown at 17, to carry the roller of the shade 12. The reduced extensions 10 of the side members (3 oi'. the frame 5 secured to the inner' The lower Serial No. 20,219.

ends of the radius arms 1S are pivoted at 19 to the inner surfaces of the Stiles 2 at points about midway between the upper and lower ends of the casing 1. The radius arms are pivoted at 2O to the side members t3 of the frame 5, at points between the ends of the side members 6. @liset keepers 2l, which may be resilient, are secured to the lintel 3. 1i`orwardly extended spring latches 22 are attached to the stiles 2 o1 the casing 1, the latches having inclined ends 225. Stops 2d are mounted on the inner surfaces of the stiles 2 near to the sill 4.

`When the shade 12 is to be used on 'the upper part of the window, the device is arranged as shown in Figure l. Then the base portions 1i of the brackets 11 rest against the casing 1 and are engaged behind the resilient keepers 21, the side members (3 of the carrier frame 5 being engaged by 'the latches 22, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, to hold the carrier frame 5 in its elevated position. 4

Using the rod 7 as a handle, the operator may bring the carrier frame 5 downwardly, the frame swinging on the pivot elements 20, and the radius arms 18 swinging downwardly on their pivotal mountings 19, the side members G of the frame 5 abutting against the stop 2-1, and the shade 12 then being so positioned that it will cooperate with the lower part oit' the window. In a like manner, the carrier iframe 5" may be swung upwardly by means or" the rod 7, the base portions lei of the brackets 1i. en gaging behind the keepers 21, and the side members 6 of the frame 5 being directed into engagement with the latches 22 by the inclined ends 23 of the latches.

Although the frame 5 has been shown carrying a spring-actuated shade roller and a shade 12, it will be understood that the device may be used with an ordinary window curtain or anything else which it 'is desired to hang before a window.

I claim:

ln a device of the class described, a carrier frame having its upper and lower edges free, the 'frame being provided with mechanism for supporting a window hanging. radius arms pivoted to the frame interinodiate the ends of the frame, and means for pivotally mounting the radius arms on a window casing at a point about midway between the upper and lower ends of the cas* ing, the radius arms extending upwardly from said means when the frame is elevated enough to dispose said mechanism at the top 0f a window casing, the radius arms being of such length7 and said means being 'soV located, that when the frame is swung downwardly, practieally all of the upper half of the easing will he uncovered.

In testimony that claim the foregoing,` as jmy own, l have hereto aiixed my signature.

OSCAR C. SIMMONS. 

